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Nature, mushrooms, animals. These all seem to be the rage right now when it comes to board game themes, and for the most part, they all work really well. Many games, however, are beginning to blend together, as companies share concepts and ideas and just reskin them and mix of the mechanics to make something “new.” Mycelia is partially doing that, but includes a really cool dew drop system that is actually a lot of fun, albeit potentially gimmick. Either…

Video games adapted into board games are not always the best, but over the past year we’ve been enjoying a long list of great board games inspired and built upon the video game IPs. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a fantastic 4x Strategy Game on PC and console, but it’s also a fantastic card game on your kitchen table! We took this game for a spin ahead of its release in North America, and had a blast! Here are our…

Big Boss is a classic strategy board game that has been translated into English for the first time ever! This game has a very unique concept and caught my interest from the start. Let’s open it up and look at what is included in the box!

A constant source of family fun, board games have always provided an excellent way to get two or more people around the table and sit them down for games of wit, strategy, and fun. However, as our entertainment takes on an increasingly digital nature, it feels like board games are falling by the wayside for many. That said, the rise and dominance of video games doesn’t mean that board games can be abandoned, especially when so many of them end…

There are few games as unique as Apiary – who else but Stonemaier Games would publish a game about space bees! I love worker placement games, and Stonemaier does them just about as good as anyone else. Viticulture is one of my favorite games of all time! I had really high hopes for Apiary when I saw Jamey Stagemier showing off some of the components and systems in some of his videos, and honestly, the game did not disappoint. I…

Apiary is one of the more interesting titles to come from Stonemaier Games in my opinion. All Stonemaier products are fantastic, but something about Apiary had me really excited to get it out of the box the second it arrived. Let’s take a look at what comes in the box! There is a bit of punching required before your first game, but the pieces punch really easily and also have fantastic places for storage in the awesome insert included in…

Maul Peak is giving me video games vibes, and I’m not sure why. It might be the concept of taking down a big monster, who knows. What I do know, however, is that I’m terrible at the game, but that doesn’t stop me from really enjoying it each time it comes to the table. As a follow-up to Shulk Hollow (and they can be combined) it’s doing a lot of interesting and different things to make a second journey down…

Recently, Fantasy Flight Game sent over two of their Living Card Games (LCGs), Marvel Champions and Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. While both fit into that LCG space, they are both very different experiences. We have already written about Marvel Champions in our first impressions article here , but I wanted to get my first impressions of Lord of the Rings up as quickly as possible. For many, myself included, you might assume that most Living Card Games…

It’s not often I dip my toes into a really heavy euro style game, but as a lifetime Zoo Tycoon fan, I didn’t feel like I could pass up on this board game version. GamesReviews purchased this copy for me via the Kickstarter campaign, and it was recently delivered to my doorstep. After a quick 2-Player game, I thought I’d push some of my first impressions out to you, so let’s get going! So Much to Understand Listen, this is…

When it comes to card games, I’m very familiar with those that come in a box with instructions (ala Dominion) and those that come in secret packs (ala Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, Disney Lorcana). I am very much not familiar with Living Card Games, where the cards are all predetermined in each box, but the decks you create can be varied and of your own personal desire. My father-in-law and I took Marvel Champions for a spin last night for…